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It’s not Letter From America’s role to write obituaries, but 2026–spurred by the inexorable rise of prediction markets–is already shaping up to…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Stench of Corruption Emanating From U.S. Prediction Markets
The stench of corruption emanating from U.S. prediction markets has become undeniable. From the controversial decision of the highest authority in the…
Return Of The Prodigal Son, Polymarket’s U.S. Future Boosted By US$2 Billion Investment
Predictions site Polymarket’s fully-fledged return to home U.S. territory has been considerably boosted by a US$2 billion (£1.48bn) investment from the owners…
DFS 3.0, The Big Heat: FanDuel, DraftKings Coming For Prediction Markets
Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel–which entered the pre-PASPA U.S. sports betting space as a DFS pioneer, along with DraftKings–has thrown down the gauntlet to…
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Welcome back to Letter From America. As always, we’re bringing you the week’s top headlines from the “Land of Opportunity”, starting with…
Touchdown! If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em, DraftKings Enters The Prediction Markets Fray
Way back in time before 2018’s repeal of PASPA, when online sports betting was a strictly nefarious, off-field, affair, DraftKings and Flutter…
Betting On The Future is a Family Affair, Trumpworld Powers Prediction Markets
Never has the ancient, back-handed Chinese rejoinder, I hope you live in “interesting” times, been more prescient. For, under the stewardship of…
California Kalshi Crisis: Tribal Gaming Threatened By Prediction Markets
EXCLUSIVE: Prediction market sports contracts–branded an existential “California Kalshi Crisis”–have now come to the Golden State in flagrant violation of constitutional Native…
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As the regular legislative sessions in many states come to a close as we write this week’s “Letter From America”, several of…
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It was always going to be an eventful second term for President Trump, but few would have predicted such a frenetic pace…
Casino Cabbie’s Letter From America #34
This week’s Casino Cabbie “Letter From America” features a clutch of big names in the regulatory firing line: from prediction market platform…
Trump On Trump: Gambling USA 2025, It’s Going To Be A Bigly Year
Before the presidency, before “The Apprentice”, there was gambling and Donald Trump’s controversial Atlantic City casino empire: The Trump Plaza Casino and…
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As the countdown begins to arguably the closest U.S. presidential election in recent history, legal wagers on possible political outcomes are finally…